plain sailing

Example Sentences

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It was never going to be plain sailing.

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There have been reports that not everything has been plain sailing.

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Yet it has not all been plain sailing.

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However, it was not all plain sailing when it became clear he was not going to reach the playing heights achieved by his father.

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It has not all been plain sailing, of course, since Howe's appointment or the takeover a few weeks prior.

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